Unit 1 A day in the lìe of - Reading

Objectives By the end of the lesson, students will be able to talk about their daily routines by learning a typical day of a farmer.. Today’s lesson Tim e 3’ 10’  Warm-up Chatting: Dail

UNIT 1: A DAY IN THE LIFE OF…

Reading

I Aim

Reading for specific information about a day in the life of a farmer

II Objectives

By the end of the lesson, students will be able to talk about their daily routines by learning a typical day of a farmer

III.Materials

Textbook, pictures about farmers and field work

IV Procedure

1 Take attendance

2 Today’s lesson

Tim

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3’

10’

 Warm-up

Chatting: Daily routines

Question 1: What time do you get up in the morning?

Question 2: What do you do after getting up?

Question 3: Do you have breakfast at home or

outside?

I Pre- reading

 Vocabulary

- To plough (v): to turn up the soil: cay

- To harrow (v): to break the soil: bua

- Plot of pland: mieng dat, manh roung

- Peasant (n): farmer: nong dan

- Local tobacco (n): thuoc la dia phuong

- To take a short rest: nghi giai lao ngan

- To pump (water) into (v): bom (nuoc vao)

- To transplant (v): cay, trong

- Crop (n): vu mua

- To chat (v): to talk friendly: tro chuyen than

mat

T: Ask students to work in pair Tell them to ask and answer about their daily routines by using the cues

Go around, check their voc., pro., and grammar stucture if there’s necessary

S: Pair work

T: Give out some new words Elicit them by mine, explain, synonym, translation

Read them one by one

S: Guess the new words’ meaning Repeat them loudly

S: Read the new words louly in front of class

12’

 Practice the pronunciation

II While- reading

Read the text quietly and do the tasks that follow

Task 1: Choose the option A, B, or C that best

suits the meaning of the italicised words

- Go wrong: đi sai

- Go away: biến đi, cút đi

- Ring: gọi

- Wake up: thức giấc

- Prepare: chuẩn bị

- Discuss: thảo luận

- Satisfied with: hài lòng với

- Disapponted with: thất vọng về

- Interested in: thích thú, say mê vào

Answer:

- Goes off = rings

- To get ready = to prepare

- Chat = talk in friendly way

- Contented with = satisfied with

Task 2: Answer the following questions

- Occupation (n): job, career: nghề nghiệp

- Read the questions

Answer:

1 He’s a farmer/peasant

2 At 4:30’, he gets up and goes down the

kitchen to boil some water for his morning tea

T: Elicit some new words

T: Ask the words’ meaning S: Answer

T: Ask them to do task 1 in pairs S: Pairworks

T: Call some Ss to tell their answers and explain their choices

S: Answer T: Correct and give feedback

T: Ask Ss to work in pairs Ask them to read the whole questions and discuss if there’s not understand

Elicit some questions

S: Pairsworks Ask and answer

T: Call some Ss to write their answer

on the board Ask the whole class to correct the answer on the board

3’

3 He ploughs and harrows his plot of pland,

drinks tea and smoke tobacco during his break

4 They preapare the bank of their plot of pland

Mr.Vy pumps water into the field and his wife does the transplanting

5 Yes, they are Because they love working and

they love their children

Task 3: Scan the passage and make a brief note

about Mr Vy and Mrs Tuyet’s daily routines Then

compare your note with a partner

In the morning 4:30’ The alarm goes off and

Mr.Vy gets up, goes down the kitchen, boils water for tea, drinks tea, has quick breakfast, leads buffalo to field

5:15’ He leaves house 5:30’ He arrives the field 7:45’ He takes a rest 10:30’ He has lunch

In the afternoon 2:30’ They go to the field

again, prepare the banks of the plot of pland He pumps water into th eplot of pland She does transplanting

6:30’ They finish work 7:00 They have dinner After dinner They watch TV and go to bed

Sometimes they visit their neighbours annd chat with them

III.Post- reading

Talk about Mr.Vy and Mrs.Tuyet’s daily routines

(look at the information in task 3 to talk)

T: Ask Ss to work in groups Tell them to look back 2 passages and take a brief note about Mr.Vy and Mrs.Tuyet’s daily routines

Ask them to compare with the others

S: Groupworks Take a brief note Then compare the note with their friends

T: Call some Ss to tell the answers Correct and give feedback

T: Ask Ss to work in groups Guide them to talk based on the information in the board in task 3 S: Groupworks

T: Go around and help Ss to talk, correct their pronunciation, grammar struture and vocabulary

3 Summarize the main points

4 Assign homework

- Learn all the new words

- Retell the daily routines of the 2 peasants

- Prepare the next lesson